head to head
Borderlands 2 asks more than 100 Christmas Cats, and the gap is optimization.

Variance · Systems & Chaos
Festive hidden-cat scanning with nothing beneath the cozy surface.

Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
100 Christmas Cats leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
100 Christmas Cats
Clicking found cats is effortless
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
100 Christmas Cats
Static Christmas scenes never adapt
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
100 Christmas Cats
Hidden cat placements are the only unknown
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
100 Christmas Cats
Patient scanning is the lone technique
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.